Iran determined to improve Zakzaky’s conditions: FM spox
MNA – Iran is conducting continuous negotiations with the Nigerian government to facilitate improvement of the situation of Nigeria’s top Shia cleric,…
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Nigerian army opens fire on protesters demanding release of Zakzaky
Press TV – The Nigerian army has opened fire on protesters demanding the release of top Muslim cleric Sheikh Ibrahim Zakzaky, who…
Iran hails Nigeria for allowing medical team to visit Sheikh Zakzaky
MNA – Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman has welcomed the Nigerian government’s ‘positive move’ to permit a medical team to visit and examine…
Why is Nigerian govt. so afraid of Sheikh Zakzaky?
MNA – Nigerian politicians, especially those from Northern extraction, view Shia Islam as a threat to the majority Sunni Islam. This isn’t…
Nigerian police fire live rounds, kill one during protest for Sheikh Zakzaky’s release
Press TV – One person has been reportedly killed and several others injured after members of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN)…
Shias in Nigeria: Brief history
Alwaght– Nigeria is the most populated African state with a population of about 170 million. Being a federal republic located in West…
Releasing footage of Zakzaky is not enough: Islamic Movement in Nigeria
Press TV – The Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN) has said the government’s release of an edited video of their leader Sheikh…
Nigerian Shia cleric Zakzaky makes first public appearance since detention in 2015
Press TV – Leader of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria Sheikh Ibrahim Zakzaky, rumored to have died in detention, has made his…
Nigerian forces attack protesters demanding release of prominent Shia cleric
Press TV – Nigerian government forces have opened fire on demonstrators demanding the release of prominent Shia cleric Sheikh Ibrahim Zakzaky. …
Nigeria court rejects Shia cleric’s lawsuit against army
Press TV – A Nigerian court has dismissed a lawsuit filed by Sheikh Ibrahim Zakzaky, the jailed leader of the Islamic Movement…
Nigerian police tear-gas Zakzaky supporters
Press TV- Police in Nigeria have used teargas to disperse peaceful protesters demanding the release of the country’s top Shia Muslim cleric,…
Nigerian regime ignores court order to release Sheikh El-Zakzaky
Alwaght– The Nigerian government has blatantly defied a court order given by the country’s high court calling for the release of Islamic…
Nigerian protesters call for freedom of Sheikh Zakzaky
Tasnim– Dozens of Nigerians poured into the streets to demand the release of imprisoned Shia cleric and leader of the Islamic Movement…
Sheikh Zakzaky’s health conditions unclear: Nigerian journalist
Tasnim – A senior Nigerian journalist said there is no information on the health conditions of Leader of the Islamic Movement of…
Nigeria given 7-day ultimatum to release Ibraheem Zakzaky
TEHRAN (FNA)- A group in Nigeria renewed its demand for the unconditional release of prominent Shia cleric Sheikh Ibrahim Zakzaky from detention.…
Nigerian army killed 348 Shias during Zaria carnage: Government report
A government-commissioned report says the Nigerian army killed 348 Shia Muslims during an attack on a religious ceremony last year. The Monday…
Zarif expresses concern over Zakzaki’s health conditions
Tehran, July 28, IRNA – Representative of Jame Al-Mustafa accompanying Iranian delegation in Nigeria said that Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif expressed…
Sheikh Zakzaky still in jail, getting better: Nigerian cleric
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Top Shiite cleric and leader of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN) Sheikh Ibrahim al-Zakzaky still remains in custody…
Nigerian protesters urge release of prominent Shia cleric
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Scores of Nigerian protesters on Saturday took to the streets in the state of Bauchi to demand release of…
Nigerian protesters mark 40th day since Shia killing in Zaria
Nigerians have staged protest rallies in several cities to mark the 40th day after the army massacred hundreds of Shia Muslims in the northern city of…
Free Sheikh Zakzaky protests held globally
Alwaght- Protests have been held across the world over the weekend demanding the immediate release Nigerian Islamic Movement leader Sheikh Ibrahim Zakzaky…
Preventing spread of Shia teachings behind Nigeria massacre: Senior cleric
Tehran, December 31, The Iran Project – Iran’s senior cleric says preventing the spread of Shia teachings by Ibrahim Zakzaki in Nigeria is…
Nigeria Shias march against recent army killings
Muslims have held demonstrations in several cities in northern Nigeria to protest the recent killings of Shias by the country’s armed forces. People took…
Nigerian forces completely demolished Islamic Movement cemetery
Ahlul Bayt News Agency – The Nigerian army which has in recent days killed and wounded hundreds of supporters of the country’s…
HRW: Nigeria soldiers killed Shia children, no provocation
LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — Nigerian soldiers fired on unarmed Shia children with no provocation before unjustified raids that killed hundreds of the…
Islamic Movement is about unity against injustice: Zakzaky daughter
Tehran, Dec 23, IRNA – ‘Sheikh Ibrahim Zakzaky has never identified himself as a leader of a sect, or the Islamic movement…
Nigerian army bulldozes Shia religious center in Zaria
The Nigerian army has completely demolished a religious center belonging to the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN) following the recent massacre of…
Behind-the-scenes of Nigerian Shias massacre: Eyewitness to Alwaght
Alwaght- The massacring of the Shia Muslims, which has left many people of the country dead, while not receiving much attention by…
All India Shia Ulema Council condemns Nigeria massacre of Muslims
TEHRAN, Dec. 18 (MNA) – Islamic group in India has issued a statement condemning arrest of Sheikh Zakzaky and killing of hundreds…
Iranians holds massive rallies to protest Shia killings in Nigeria
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Thousands of Iranian people from every walk of life held protest rallies in various cities across the country on…
Shias massacres in Nigeria continuous, who is Sheikh Zakzaky?
The civilized world has been shocked by the recent massacre in the Nigerian city of Zaria, where a peaceful gathering of Shias…
U.S. calls for investigation of Shia deaths in Nigeria
LONDON — The State Department urged the Nigerian government on Wednesday to investigate reports of a large number of deaths over the…
Shias: Nigerian army buries victims to hide massacre toll
LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — Nigerian troops Wednesday buried the bodies of hundreds of victims of an alleged military massacre of Shia Muslims…
Nigeria’s Shias, beleaguered by two enemies
Alwaght- Boko Haram is Nigeria’s number one enemy and that is an irrefutable fact. However, in the past few days, the Nigerian…
Iran’s Rafsanjani denounces Nigeria killing of Shia Muslims
Senior Iranian official Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani has condemned the Nigerian military’s bloody crackdown on the Shia Muslim community in the African country. Rafsanjani,…
Iran’s senior clerics urge justice for perpetrators of Nigeria massacre
Tehran, December 16, The Iran Project- Top Iranian clerics continue to react over the massive killing of Nigerian Shia Muslims by the…
Iran urges justice for perpetrators of recent Nigeria muslim killings
A senior Iranian official has called on the Nigerian government to bring to justice those involved in the military’s bloody crackdown on…
Photos: Iranians stage rally against massacre of Muslims in Nigeria
Iranian protesters stage rally in front of the Nigerian embassy in Tehran and in front of the UN office in Mashhad on Tuesday to…
Britons rally to protest Shia killings in Nigeria
Hundreds of people have staged a demonstration in Britain to denounce the recent massacre of Shia Muslims in Nigeria and demand that…
Activists: Nigeria military killed hundreds of Shias
LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — Activists say Nigeria’s military has killed hundreds of, perhaps as many as 1,000, Shia Muslims in what the…